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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Object ID
MG0081
Date Range
1753-2007
Content Note: The Ephrata Cloister Collection contains items related to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs
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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Description
Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.
Date Range
1753-2007
Year Range From
1753
Year Range To
2007
Date of Accumulation
1753-2007
Creator
Ephrata Cloister
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
Baer, Johann
Bar, Johann
Bowman, John
Daniel, N. J.
Doll, Eugene E.
Downes, J. A.
Dunkelberger, Ralph D.
Elsen, John
Franck, Ira S.
Hagen, F. F.
Heatwole, Daniel R.
Hocker, Ludwig
Hollinger, J. Daryl
Keller, James
Kimmel, Jacob
Leber, A. P.
Lollich, P. M.
Loose, John W. W.
Miller, Henry
Mitton, Juliet
Nevin, [ ]
Plessinger, F. P.
Pyle, Howard
Raber, [ ]
Senseman, John
Stubsky, Georg
Subjects
Pamphlets
Watermarks
Search Terms
Aurand Press
Brochures
Ephrata Cloister
Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.
Ephrata Cloister Chorus
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Hocking Printing Company, Inc.
Legal papers
Mennonite Publishing House
Pamphlets
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pow wow
Review Book Store
Seventh Day Baptists
Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata
Watermarks
Ye Village Inne
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English and German
Object ID
MG0081
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See also the Photograph and Library collections
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level. Original documents may be used--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0081
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.
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Collection
Civil War Collection
Title
Civil War Collection
Object ID
MG0018
Date Range
1859-1990
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Collection
Civil War Collection
Title
Civil War Collection
Description
The Civil War Collection consists of material acquired over many years from different sources. Coverage is of Lancaster County soldiers and of daily life in the county during the Civil War. The collection contains records of various military units, family correspondence, "Home Front" papers, Civil War era diaries, the Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of Commissary papers, celebration and reunion materials, images, newspaper clippings, and general orders.
System of Arrangement
The collection is organized by category into ten series.
The oversized documents of Series A, C, F, and H are oversized and filed flat in Box 4.
Series A Military Units: Series A contains documents of military units, including muster rolls, enlistment papers, discharge certificates, assignment and promotion records, and papers of individual soldiers and officers.
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Pennsylvania Militia
Certificate of State Regiments
U.S. Regiments
Series B Civil War Families
Benjamin Reed Family
Soldier's Letters
Series C The Lancaster Home Front
The Bounty Funds
Pension Claims
Articles
Letters
Series D Lancaster Notables
Series E Civil War Era Diaries
Series F The Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of PA Commissary Papers
Series G Celebrations & Reunions
Series H Appendix
Articles, Photographic Prints, Blank Forms
Series I Printed General Orders
Series J Books
Date Range
1859-1990
Year Range From
1859
Year Range To
1990
Date of Accumulation
1859-1990
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Clark, James
Fass, John
Flick, Henry
Harris, Samuel
Hess, Martin D., Mrs.
Watson, George W.
Subjects
Letters
Soldiers
Soldiers, Black
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army
United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Search Terms
Autobiographies
Civil War
Discharge papers
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Memoirs
Muster rolls
Persons of color
Soldiers
Soldiers, Black
United States Army
Extent
15 boxes, 212 folders, 11 books, 9 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0018
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Abraham H. Good Family Papers (MG0542)
Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters (MG0570)
Lewis Jones Family Papers (MG0541)
Robert Clark Morrison Family Papers (MG0543)
Springer Family Letters (MG0540)
William M. McClure Family Papers (MG0544)
William McCaskey Civil War Letters (MG0355)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-18
Classification
MG0018
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Much of the collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 March 2022.
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Collection
Rossmere Sanatorium Records
Title
Rossmere Sanatorium Records
Object ID
MG0588
Date Range
1908-1991
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Collection
Rossmere Sanatorium Records
Title
Rossmere Sanatorium Records
Description
The Rossmere Sanatorium Records contain a 1908 membership list for the Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis of Lancaster County, a charter for the Tuberculosis Society of Lancaster County, property records and annual reports for Rossmere Sanatorium and programs for commemorative events.
Admin/Biographical History
The Rossmere Hotel, which was located in Manheim Twp., opened in 1898. The building became a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1925; the ballroom was converted into a ward for female patients. The sanatorium closed in 1957 and was eventually demolished.
Date Range
1908-1991
Year Range From
1908
Year Range To
1991
Date of Accumulation
1908-1991
Creator
American Lung Association of Lancaster and Berks Counties (Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
Subjects
Annual reports
Business records
Deeds
Sanatoriums
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis--Hospitals
Search Terms
American Lung Association of Lancaster and Berks Counties
American Lung Association of Lancaster County
Annual reports
Business records
Deeds
Finding aids
Huff and Puff Club
Manuscript groups
Rossmere Sanatorium
Sanatoriums
Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis of Lancaster County
Tuberculosis Society of Lancaster County
Tuberculosis-Hospitals
Extent
1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0588
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
American Lung Association Photograph Collection
American Lung Association of Lancaster County Records (Archives, not cataloged)
Banners in the Curatorial Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Rossmere Sanatorium Records (MG0588), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-588
Other Number
MG-588
Classification
MG0588
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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The first 75 years, 1908-1983

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Corporate Author
American Lung Association of Lancaster County (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Date of Publication
[1983]
Call Number
614.592 A512
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Responsibility
America Lung Association of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Corporate Author
American Lung Association of Lancaster County (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
[1983]
Physical Description
64 p. : ill., ports ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in Lancaster City and County.
Anti-Tuberculosis Society of Lancaster County.
The Tuberculosis Society of Lancaster County.
Lancaster County Lung Association.
American Lung Association of Lancaster County.
The Tuberculosis and Health Society of Lancaster County.
Tuberculosis
Lungs
Rossmere Sanatorium.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
614.592 A512
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Guide to the records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

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Corporate Author
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Records Committee.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
289.6 E19
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Responsibility
compiled by Jack Eckert.
Corporate Author
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Records Committee.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
xix, 288 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Haverford College, Records Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Swarthmore College."
"This guide to the records in the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and the Quaker Collection of Haverford College lists the minutes ... and other types of records"--P. v.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-268) and index.
Summary
Guide to the records of the Society of Friends from the beginings of the Quaker settlement in the Delaware River Valley in 1676 to present held in the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and the Quaker Collection of Haverford College.
Subjects
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. - Records Committee - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. - Records Committee - History - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.
Haverford College. - Quaker Collection - Microform catalogs.
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College - Microform catalogs.
Manuscripts - Pennsylvania
Manuscripts on microfilm
Catalogs, Union - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Eckert, Jack,
Additional Corporate Author
Haverford College. Quaker Collection.
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
289.6 E19
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Kurpfälzische Auswanderer vom unteren Neckar : rechtsrheinische Gebiete der Kurpfalz

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Author
Hacker, Werner,
Date of Publication
©1983.
Call Number
929.3 H118
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Responsibility
Werner Hacker.
ISBN
3806203415
9783806203417
Author
Hacker, Werner,
Place of Publication
Stuttgart
Publisher
K. Theiss,
Date of Publication
©1983.
Physical Description
208, [1] pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series
Sonderveröffentlichung des Stadtarchivs Mannheim ; Nr. 4
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
"Veröffentlichungen von Werner Hacker": pages 207-208.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Germany - Palatinate.
Emigration and immigration.
Registers of births, etc.
Palatinate (Germany) - Genealogy.
Palatinate (Germany) - Emigration and immigration.
Germany - Palatinate.
Auswanderer / Lexikon, Wörterbuch
Auswanderung
Geschichte - 1680-1803
Palatinate (Germany) - Emigration and immigration
Palatinate (Germany) - Genealogy
Pfalz / G.a. Gesellschaft, Sozialwissenschaften
Registers of births, etc - Germany - Palatinate
Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 H118
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Grave undertakings : gravestone inscriptions of Old Warwick Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Xakellis, Martha J.
Date of Publication
c1989-
Call Number
310.35 X1
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Responsibility
by Martha J. Xakellis.
ISBN
155856019X (v. 1)
1558561226 (v. 2)
1558562044 (v. 3)
Author
Xakellis, Martha J.
Place of Publication
Apollo, PA
Publisher
Closson Press,
Date of Publication
c1989-
Physical Description
v. <1-4 > : ill. ; 28 cm.
Contents
v. 1. Elizabeth Township -- v. 2. Warwick Township -- v. 3. Clay township -- v.4. Penn Township -- v. 5. Lititz Borough.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township)
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township)
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township)
Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township)
Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennyslania
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lititz.
Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Elizabeth (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Clay (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Lititz (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.35 X1
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Monocacy and Catoctin

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8564
Date of Publication
c1985-1994.
Call Number
975.2 S334
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Responsibility
C.E. Schildknecht, editor.
Place of Publication
[Shippensburg, Pa
Publisher
Beidel Print. House],
Date of Publication
c1985-1994.
Physical Description
3 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Vol. 2-3 have imprint: Westminster, Md. : Family Line Publications.
Maps on lining papers.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 2.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
v. 1. Some early settlers of Frederick and Carroll Counties, MD and Adams County County, PA, also descendants c. 1725-1985 -- v. 2. Some settlers of western Maryland and adjacent Pennsylvania, and their descendants, 1725-1988 -- v. 3. Additions and corrections to the History of Frederick County, Maryland by T.J.C. Williams and Folger McKinsey, 1910.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Maryland - Frederick County.
Registers of births, etc. - Maryland - Carroll County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Frederick County (Md.) - Genealogy.
Carroll County (Md.) - Genealogy.
Adams County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Schildknecht, Calvin E.
Williams, Thomas J. C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 S334
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Immigrants to America from France (Haut-Rhin Departement) and western Switzerland, 1859-1866

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Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
929.3 S644fa1
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Responsibility
Clifford Neal Smith.
ISBN
0915162601 (pbk.)
Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Place of Publication
McNeal, Ariz., U.S.A
Publisher
Westland Publications,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
i, 33 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
French-American genealogical research monograph ;
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
French Americans
Swiss Americans
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
Registers of births, etc. - France - Haut-Rhin.
Registers of births, etc. - Switzerland.
Haut-Rhin (France) - Genealogy.
Switzerland - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 S644fa1
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Collection
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Title
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Object ID
MG0753
Date Range
1920-2010
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Collection
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Title
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Description
This collection contains the minutes of the James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star.
Admin/Biographical History
The James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star was founded in 1920 and was dissolved in 2011.
Date Range
1920-2010
Creation Date
1920-2010
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
2010
Creator
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
Subjects
Fraternal organizations
Lancaster (Pa.)
Minutes (Records)
Order of the Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star. James Buchanan Chapter No. 315 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Search Terms
Finding aids
Fraternal organizations
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Order of the Eastern Star. James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Lancaster
Extent
6 boxes, 30 volumes, 3 cubic feet
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0753
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-753
Other Number
MG-753
Classification
MG0753
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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